"Siren" Wax Sculpture" (Alchemy Collection)

traveler | visual artist | academia
designer | writer | landscape architecture
Elizabeth Ulanova works at the intersection of culture, art, tech, and landscape. Based in Cambridge-Boston, she is at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (M.L.A, Landscape Architecture, Dean's Merit Scholar) on a full tuition merit scholarship. She is a first-generation graduate of the University of Cambridge (M.Phil, Sociology of Media and Culture, Twining Egginton Prize), and of Columbia University (B.A, Visual Arts, Magna Cum Laude). In addition to her studies, Elizabeth is the founder of startup Recess (2x Harvard Spark Grant Award Recipient) at Harvard Innovation Lab and a graduate teaching assistant at Harvard GSD. For Summer 2023, she was the artist-in-residence at Industry Lab as well as a Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies' Summer Fellow in urban community design. Elizabeth's passions lie in forging connections with intangible elements, facilitating interpersonal connections between people, and lastly, nurturing our innate connection with the broader environment.

As a survivor of domestic violence, a medical child of colored immigrants, and a comorbid neurodivergent, Elizabeth’s artistry is deeply shaped by fluid, psychological storytelling. As a conceptual artist, her artistic style and practice are described as ‘fluid memory’, and she has exhibited original art in New York, England, and Boston. Elizabeth's artwork ranges from abstract sculptures to conceptual fluid paintings and video installations - making tangible, the intangible emotions one experience. Keen to work beyond structural boundaries, Elizabeth created her own independent study at Columbia and Harvard and helped initiate the first student art studio at Downing College University of Cambridge. Her startup Recess currently hosts social fitness game sessions for adults that utilize playing children games as a fresh perspective in meeting and building community in a post-Covid world. Within landscape architecture, Elizabeth’s studio designs are influenced by installation art, conceptual narration, and regenerative ecology, especially open spaces concerning the public memory. As a sociologist, Elizabeth conducted original research in new media, such as the impact of social media on modern romantic relationships.

California-born, Elizabeth is a New Yorker at heart and has lived in Asia and Europe. Elizabeth has a lifelong love for travel and has visited countries on five continents. Professionally, Elizabeth has held positions at startups and ngos (Head of USA for Project Access, National President for Ivy League National Council, etc), worked as a foundation's first ever entrepreneur-in-residence, as well as studied classical Chinese history. She is the proud mom of rescue pit bulls, Brave (deceased) and Sky and can often be found driving with her dog.
Current Positions
AY 2022-2023

For past positions and full resume, please refer to Linkedin (Linkedin here)
Interdisciplinary Experienced, Internationally Educated, Versatile Artisan
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
master's Degree
master in landscape architecture - m.L.A, Dean's merit scholar
2021-2025
Professional MLA I in the #1 ranked landscape architecture department.
Honors:
•Harvard GSD Fully Funded Dean's Merit Scholarship+Tier 1 Grant for top-ranked incoming students that covers 100% tuition, 2021-2025
•Harvard GSD Fully Funded Community Service Fellowship, Summer 2023
•Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Summer 2023 Fellow
•Harvard Innovation Lab - Spark Grant Award, Summer 2023
•Harvard Innovation Lab - Spark Grant Award, Spring 2023
Independent Study:
•GSD Independent Study (ADV9201), Supervised by Professor Karen Janosky, Fall 2023
•GSD Independent Study (ADV9201), Supervised by Professor Ed Eigen), Fall 2022, Independent Study Exhibition "Alchemy Between The Past and Magic"
Graduate Teaching Assistant:
•Graduate Teaching Assistant (HIS 4141) Histories of Landscape Architecture I: Textuality and the Practice of Landscape Architecture, Fall 2022
Activities: Harvard Innovation Lab, Design.Able, GSD First-Generation Initiative, Design Entrepreneurs
Industry Lab
artist-in-residence
summer june 2023 - september 2023
My first-ever artist residency and first solo residency. My month-long solo show, "Fluid Memory" is open August 18, 2023 - September 15, 2023
CultureHouse / Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
community designer for culturehouse & Harvard csfp summer fellow at joint center
SUMMER june 2023 - AUGUST 2023
CultureHouse improves livability in local communities by transforming underutilized spaces into vibrant social infrastructure.
•Harvard GSD Fully Funded Community Service Fellowship, Summer 2023
•Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Summer 2023 Fellow
Harvard Innovation Labs (Founder of Recess)
Startup Founder and I-Lab Venture Member
november 20233 - Present
Building the startup Recess at I-Lab Venture Incubation Program 2022-2023 select cohort. Successfully launched pilot games of Boston pop-ups in Summer 2023. 2k+ in Cash Prize Grants from Harvard.
-Awarded Harvard Innovation Lab Spark Grant Summer 2023 (Cash Prize)
-Awarded Harvard Innovation Lab Spark Grant Spring 2023 (Cash Prize)

Recess hosts playground style game sessions for adults. "Recess Games" are in-person, 1 hour social fitness sessions, utilizing favorite childhood games. Just like at recess time.

Recess' website slogan is: Hey Siri, How Do I Find Friends After College? Recess is built for adult customers of all ages who want to meet people without being particularly athletic or social. Our unique value proposition is: re-enforcing "play" and play equity for adults. No online matches, no intense crossfit classes, no bars, and alcohol, Recess helps people meet, exercise, and have fun simply through playing: just like when you were at recess time.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
graduate teaching assistant
fall 2022
Fall 2022: Histories of Landscape Architecture I: Textuality and the Practice of Landscape Architecture (HIS-4141). Graduate-Level Harvard Course for Professor Edward Eigen, Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Cambridge
master's Degree
master of philosophy - m.phil, sociology of media and culture
2019-2020
Research-based master's degree in Sociology. The Cambridge Department of Sociology is #1 ranked in UK league tables. Postgraduate at Downing College.
Master's Thesis: "The Influence of Social Media on Modern Romantic Relationships" (Supervisor: Dr. Rikke Amundsen)
Honors: The Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Twining Egginton Prize, Downing Graduate Conference (Select Research Presenter), Downing College MCR-SCR Seminar (Select Research Presenter), Downing College Twining Egginton Exhibition (Select Art Exhibitor), Downing College Cedar Tree Exhibition (Select Art Exhibitor), Seton Cavendish Bequest Grant
Activities: Downing College MCR, Cambridge Tap and Jazz Dance Society, Cambridge Technology and New Media Research Cluster, Cambrovision. Initiated the creation of the first-ever art studio for students use at Downing College (first student beta user), and the first student to propose an art residency.
Columbia University in the City of New York
BAchelor's Degree
Bachelor of arts - b.a, VisUal arts and film, MaGna Cum Laude
3.86 GPA, FIRST CLASS
Honors: Magna Cum Laude (High Honors/Great Distinction), Dean's List, Leadership Service Award, Senior Thesis Stipend Award, Senior Thesis Studio, Independent Study: Advanced Video (Department Chair, Matthew Buckingham), Tuition Scholarship, Junior Marshall Selectee, Spectator Senior Profile
Senior Thesis: "Clashings of Art, Culture, and Technology in a Digital Anthropological World" (Advisors: Matthew Buckingham, Nicola Lopez, Serra Victoria Fels)
Activities: Ivy Council National, Ivy Council Steering, First Generation Student Advisory Board, Orientation Leader, Peer Mentor, Ivy Policy Conference, Ivy Leadership Summit, Spring Gala Design Co-Chair, Apollo Society, One For The World, Latin Dance
Courses Taken: Visual Art, Art History, Architectural History, Global History, Literature, Ethnomusicology, and Biological Sciences. Additional courses: Chinese Language and Literature (Chongqing University), and Social and Computer Sciences (Harvard University)
Projects

"Fluid Memory"
Aug 18 (opening reception) - SEPTEMBER 15 (closing reception)
Solo art residency exhibition 2023
Industry lab, Cambridge Massachusetts
"Fluid Memory" emerges as an alchemy of artistic expression curated by Elizabeth Ulanova with the gracious patronage of the Industry Lab. This art exhibition serves as the ecological culmination of Ulanova's growth as an artist morphotically, academically, and deeply within introspection . Fluid Memory stands as a wayfarer to Ulanova's journey of deep love and heartbreaking loss, unrelenting death and small moments of everyday courage - transposing those intangibles , those wistful moments of a surprised laugh or the silent pause of a gazing breath into a tangible artwork. Within the 'play' of art-making, this odyssey became a psychological bridge, etching the realms of self-discovery, discordantly resonating with the surrounding cosmos, and intricately binding the experienced sensory.

Sensory Collection - Between the Intangible and Tangible

Experience Collection - Between My Mind and Your Eyes

Ecology Collection - Between the Earth and Us

Alchemy Collection - Between the Past and Magic
Project Re(Generation): A Cemetery For The Future
April 26 2023
Landscape Core II Studio FInal Review presentation
Harvard Graduate School of Design Landscape Architecture

“Where there is life, there is death, but where there is death, there is also life.”

Life does not cease to exist after death, rather, death is a crucial stage of the regenerative life cycle for every life force on our planet. Project Re(Generation) places regenerative ecosystems as the technical foundation for our cemetery by both its novel interring sequence of biodegradable garment body suits (filled with mushroom spores for mycelium production) as green, toxin-neutralizing entombments for those below ground, to the visual, curated experiences of the vegetative canopy above ground as heliophilic biomarkers philosophically nodding to process of decay, decomposition, and ultimately the growth of new life springing from the past life that has passed on. Giving way the keyholders to the next generation of lives to restore, renew, and revitalize the ecosystems that we experience.
"Alchemy: Between the Past and Magic"
Dec 14 2022
Independent Study FInal Review presentation
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
alchemy: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination.

Inspired by the traditional craftsmanship of Chinese artistry, “Alchemy: Between the Past and Magic” embeds the ancient philosophies of the intellectual sisters of painting, poetry, and landscape.

Through contemporary compositions between the magical realism of nature and the organic connections of timeless materiality, “Alchemy” probes its own conceptual process through inquisitive methodology and visual abstraction.
Research
"Project (Re)Generation: A Cemetery For The Future" 2023
Harvard university graduate school of design
Core II Studio

“Where there is life, there is death, but where there is death, there is also life.”

Life does not cease to exist after death, rather, death is a crucial stage of the regenerative life cycle for every life force on our planet. Project Re(Generation) places regenerative ecosystems as the technical foundation for our cemetery by both its novel interring sequence of biodegradable garment body suits (filled with mushroom spores for mycelium production) as green, toxin-neutralizing entombments for those below ground, to the visual, curated experiences of the vegetative canopy above ground as heliophilic biomarkers philosophically nodding to process of decay, decomposition, and ultimately the growth of new life springing from the past life that has passed on. Giving way the keyholders to the next generation of lives to restore, renew, and revitalize the ecosystems that we experience.

Final Studio Review: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, April 2023, Manhattan, New York.
"The Influence of Social Media on Modern Romantic Relationships" 2019-2020
graduate SOCIOLOGY research thesis conducted at the University of Cambridge, department of sociology. supervisor: dr. rikke amundsen
The role of social media technology has had a profound influence on modern romantic relationships in the past decade. This dissertation critically reviews empirical literature from the field of new media studies (situated within the broader field of media and communications) that focus on the heightened impact of social media usage in the beginning to maintenance stages of romantic relationships. Moreover, gaps in the current literature are explored, such as limitations in the demographics and romantic relationship stages that are analyzed for data collection. For example, the paucity of published literature regarding how social media affects relationships past once users meet their partners is examined. Furthermore, this review questions the scope and focus of existing empirical case studies as well as highlights the importance of literary representation and the cruciality of diversity in this emerging field. It is important to note that this research is focused specifically on social media (such as Facebook), however, this does not exclude dating websites and applications (such as Tinder) that utilize social media profiles within its algorithms. Ultimately, future research must become more invested in inclusivity, namely who and what is represented both topically and empirically, to allow for more insightful exploration into this burgeoning research area regarding the influence of social media on modern romantic relationships.

Conference Presentations:
October 2020: Downing College, University of Cambridge, Downing Graduate Conference 2020 (Select Research Presenter) - "The Influence of Social Media on Modern Romantic Relationships"
January 2020: Downing College, University of Cambridge, MCR-SCR Seminar Night (Select Main Research Speaker) - "Social Intimacy in an Age of Tech-Inspired-Culture"
"Clashings of Art, Culture, and Technology in a Digital Anthropological World" 2018
studio-based thesis composed of a series of original short films, kinetic art installations, and academic inquiry. Conducted via both Columbia University Visual Arts Honors Senior Thesis I (advanced video) & senior thesis II studio as well as Honors Independent Studies. Projects Supervised by Matthew Buckingham (Department Chair), Nicola Lopez (Department Director), Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, and sondra perry.
For my theses at Columbia University, I created original short films and installations that showcased alternative universes set in the immediate future. These storylines were centered around the modification or mediation of human behavior through fictional technology. For example, “Voices” critiqued the nature of internal transparency and surveillance within society, through the lens of a fictionalized world that mandates its citizens to wear telepathic brain microchips. Likewise, “Remember” focused on the subjective role of memory through the apparatus of glasses that record and playback every one of life’s moments. The goal of these projects was to present the sociological questions that inevitably arise when technology and culture overlap. Hence, I wanted audiences to digest my hypotheses in an engaging, visceral manner (through media) while I visually critiqued our human behavioral and cultural patterns. In my last thesis film “Connection," I focused on social interactivity and the role of self-medication through the framework of bioengineered pills that induce apathy. Live installations that included the utilization of video projection, sculpture, and paintings, such as “Cracked”, “Screens”, and “Body”, were also produced as tangible mixed collages that sought to create said dialogue in the physical sphere. In conclusion, I did not seek to predict the future, but rather to continually analyze and synthesize the influence of technology-inspired-cultures and culture-inspired-technology.

Exhibition: Leroy Neiman Gallery, December 2018, Manhattan, New York.
Visual Art, Architectural Designs, and Film
The process and concept behind my projects are the most crucial aspect of my artistic practice.
2023:
Project (Re)Generation: A Cemetery for the Future

Franklin Park
2022:
Alchemy: Between the Past and Magic

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2018 - 2022:
Elizabeth Ulanova Official
Portfolio

Visual Art, Film and Mixed Media
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2022:
Swan Song
A Conceptual Art Video
2021:
Eco: A Collection of Fluid Plants
2021:
Process on Palka: In Collaboration with Anna Stevens

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2021:
"Galaxy"

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2020:
Sensory: A Collection of Fluid Acrylics
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2018:
Clashings of Art, Culture, and Technology in a Digital Anthropological World
See Full Series Here
Writings

For academic papers please view my academia, and for poetry please view my medium
Exhibitions and Presentations
Exhibitions
Select Art Exhibitions:
2023 - "New Language: Contemporary Abstraction", National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October-November 2023
2023 - "Fluid Memory," Solo Artist Residency Exhibition, Industry Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August - September 2023
2022 - "Alchemy: Between the Past and Magic," Solo, Independent Study Exhibition, Gund Hall, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 2022 (as part of academic independent study ADV9201)
2021 - "Design Award 2021 Exhibition" A + D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, California (In Collaboration with Anna Stevens as writer for Steven's "Palka" exhibit)
2020 - "Twining Egginton 2020 Exhibition" Heong Gallery, Cambridge, England (Covid Canceled)
2020 - "Twining Egginton 2020 Exhibition" Downing College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (Virtual Exhibit)
2020 - "Cedar Tree Exhibition" Battcock Lodge, Downing College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
2018 - "Fall 2018 Senior Thesis Presentation", Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, Manhattan, New York
2018 - "Fall 2018 Visual Arts Department Exhibition" Prentis Hall, Columbia University, Manhattan, New York
-"Spring 2018 Visual Arts Department Exhibition" Prentis Hall, Columbia University, Manhattan, New York
2017 - "Fall 2017 Visual Arts Department Exhibition" Prentis Hall, Columbia University, Manhattan, New York.
-"Spring 2017 Visual Arts Department Exhibition" Prentis Hall, Columbia University, Manhattan, New York
Harvard GSD Landscape Architecture Studio Designs
Core I and core 2 studio designs
Original architectural designs in response to studio projects at Harvard Graduate School of Design MLA I.
2023 - "Spring 2023 Core II Studio Final Studio Review", Gund Hall, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Spring - April 2023
2021 - "Fall 2021 Core I Studio Final Studio Review" Gund Hall, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
I. Project Re(Generation): A Cemetery for the Future, Spring 2023
II. Project Synthesis: A Park to Recover, Fall 2021
III. Project PPE: Protest, Protect, Empower: A Plaza for Protestors, Fall 2021
VI. Project Meta-Marble: A Courtyard to Reflect, Fall 2021
V. Project Street Pool: A Street of Access, Summer 2021
Presentations and Press
June 2023 - Lecture: Artist Show and Tell: Elizabeth Ulanova, Industry Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts
December 2022 - Lecture: "On Zhang DaQian and Alchemy: Between the Past and Magic", Independent Study Exhibition, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
October 2022 - Guest Lecture, "On Chinese Cultural Implementation, Desecration, and Exportation", HIS 4141: Histories of Landscape Architecture I: Textuality and the Practice of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2021 - Press, Notable Alumni, Alumni Notes, The Owl Magazine, Columbia University
2020 - Lecture, "The Influence of Social Media on Modern Romantic Relationships", Downing Graduate Conference, Downing College, University of Cambridge
2020 - Lecture, "Social Intimacy In An Age of Technology Inspired Culture", MCR Seminar, Downing College, University of Cambridge
2019 - Press, "Elizabeth Ulanova Is Where Art Meets Technology Meets Axe Throwing", The Eye Feature, Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia University
Past Collections
Project Synthesis: A Park to Recover
Herter Park
2021
Project PPE: Protest, Protect, Empower: A Plaza for Protestors,
2021
Project Meta-Marble: A Courtyard to Reflect
2021
Project Street Pool: A Street of Access
2o21
Minerals
2020
Connection
Conceptual Short Film
2018

As a part of "Clashings" series
Voices
Conceptual Short Film
2018

As a part of "Clashings" series
Remember
Conceptual Short Film
2018

As a part of "Clashings" series
Cracked
Kinetic Sculpture and Video Installation
2018

As a part of "Clashings" series
Body
Kinetic Sculpture and Video Installation
2018

As a part of "Clashings" series
Human Wifi
Kinetic Sculpture and Performance Installation
2018

As a part of "Clashings" series
Fake
Conceptual Art Video
2018

As a part of "Self-Portraiture" series
Narratus
Mixed Media
2017
Patere
Photography and Silkscreen Printmaking
2017
Zane
Conceptual Short Film
2017
PenPairs: A Meaningful Connection
2016
Press
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2023
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2023
Harvard University Graduate School of DesignTitle
2023
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2022
University of Cambridge
Downing College Cambridge Graduate Conference 2020
University of Cambridge
Downing College Cambridge Graduate Conference 2020
University of Cambridge
The Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Twining Egginton 2020 Exhibition

Downing College Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Cedar Tree Exhibition 2020

Downing College Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Downing College MCR-SCR Night 2020
Columbia Daily Spectator
The Eye Feature
"Elizabeth Ulanova Is Where Art Meets Technology Meets Axe Throwing"
2019
Columbia Daily Spectator
University Commencement Edition
"Senior Profile - Elizabeth Ulanova"
2019
Leroy Neiman Gallery Exhibition
Columbia University
2018
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My Travel Log
"Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth."

TRAVEL MILESTONES
1. Flew 22 times in 2015

2. Lived directly with 112+ nationalities in CQU's international commune

3. Roadtripped across the US and back in 2007

4. Been to countries in 5 continents thus far

5. All time favorites: Rabat (Morroco), Auckland (New Zealand), Belgrade (Serbia), Victoria (Hong Kong).
North America
All of California,
Honolulu, Hawaii
St.Louis,Missouri
Dallas,Texas
Austin, Texas
Houston,Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Chicago,Illnois
Portland,Oregon
Phoenix,Arizona
Denver,Colorado
Salt Lake City,Utah
Detroit,Michigan
Oklahoma City,Oklahoma
Topeka, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Indianapolis,Indiana
Boston,Massachusetts
Salem/Newport, Massachusetts
New York City, New York
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
Seattle, Washington
Washington DC, DC
Jersey City, Jersey
The Hamptons,New York
Shelter Island, New York
Ithaca, New York
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Prince Edward Island, Canada
East & Southeast Asia
Beijing, China
Tianjin, China
Shanghai, China
Chongqing, China
Three Gorges, China
Chengdu, China
Guangzhou, China
Dongguan,China
Huizhou, China
Shanwei, China
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (All Main HK Islands)
Macau, Macau
Ningbo, China
HeiShanGu(Black Mountain), ZhongXian, China
KuangShan, China
WuLong, China
Wuhan, China
Gansu, China
Bangkok, Thailand
Hua Hin, Thailand
Western &Eastern Europe
Paris (France),
London (England),
Normandy (France),
Deauville&Touville (France),
Berlin (Germany), Leipzig(Germany),
Halle (Germany),
Venice (Italy),
Dresden(Germany),
Zittau (Germany),
Belgrade (Serbia)
Cacak (Serbia)
Rome (Italy),
Florence (Italy),
Vatican City (Vatican),
Marseilles (France)
Montpellier (France)
Arles (France)
Camargue (France)
Saint Martin de Crau (France)
Carro (France)
Martigue (France)
Avignon (France)
Vienna (Austria)
Oceana
Auckland, New Zealand
Mangere, New Zealand
Ihumatoe, New Zealand
Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Rangitoto Island, New Zealand
Devonport, New Zealand
Takapuna, New Zealand
Scandinavia
Helsinki, Finland
Reykjavik, Iceland
Keflavik , Iceland
Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Stockholm, Sweden (OOI)
Oslo, Norway (OOI)
British North America / Carribean
St.Georges (Bermuda),
Paget (Bermuda),
Hamilton (Bermuda)
Africa
Casablanca (Morocco),
Rabat (Morocco),
Agadir (Morocco)
Latin America
Tijuana, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Middle East
Doha (Qatar)

traveler | visual artist | academia

designer | writer | landscape architecture

Current Positions

AY 2022-2023

For past positions and full resume, please refer to Linkedin (Linkedin here)

Interdisciplinary Experienced, Internationally Educated, Versatile Artisan

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

master's Degreemaster in landscape architecture - m.L.A, Dean's merit scholar2021-2025

Professional MLA I in the #1 ranked landscape architecture department.

Honors:

•Harvard GSD Fully Funded Dean's Merit Scholarship+Tier 1 Grant for top-ranked incoming students that covers 100% tuition, 2021-2025

•Harvard GSD Fully Funded Community Service Fellowship, Summer 2023

•Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Summer 2023 Fellow

•Harvard Innovation Lab - Spark Grant Award, Summer 2023•Harvard Innovation Lab - Spark Grant Award, Spring 2023

Independent Study:

•GSD Independent Study (ADV9201), Supervised by Professor Karen Janosky, Fall 2023•GSD Independent Study (ADV9201), Supervised by Professor Ed Eigen), Fall 2022, Independent Study Exhibition "Alchemy Between The Past and Magic"Graduate Teaching Assistant:

•Graduate Teaching Assistant (HIS 4141) Histories of Landscape Architecture I: Textuality and the Practice of Landscape Architecture, Fall 2022

Activities: Harvard Innovation Lab, Design.Able, GSD First-Generation Initiative, Design Entrepreneurs

Industry Lab

artist-in-residencesummer june 2023 - september 2023

My first-ever artist residency and first solo residency. My month-long solo show, "Fluid Memory" is open August 18, 2023 - September 15, 2023

CultureHouse / Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

community designer for culturehouse & Harvard csfp summer fellow at joint centerSUMMER june 2023 - AUGUST 2023

CultureHouse improves livability in local communities by transforming underutilized spaces into vibrant social infrastructure.

•Harvard GSD Fully Funded Community Service Fellowship, Summer 2023

•Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Summer 2023 Fellow

Harvard Innovation Labs (Founder of Recess)

Startup Founder and I-Lab Venture Membernovember 20233 - Present

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

graduate teaching assistant fall 2022

University of Cambridge

master's Degreemaster of philosophy - m.phil, sociology of media and culture2019-2020

Columbia University in the City of New York

BAchelor's DegreeBachelor of arts - b.a, VisUal arts and film, MaGna Cum Laude

Projects

"Fluid Memory"

Aug 18 (opening reception) - SEPTEMBER 15 (closing reception)Solo art residency exhibition 2023Industry lab, Cambridge Massachusetts

Project Re(Generation): A Cemetery For The Future

April 26 2023Landscape Core II Studio FInal Review presentationHarvard Graduate School of Design Landscape Architecture

"Alchemy: Between the Past and Magic"

Dec 14 2022Independent Study FInal Review presentationHARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Research

"Project (Re)Generation: A Cemetery For The Future" 2023

Harvard university graduate school of designCore II Studio

"The Influence of Social Media on Modern Romantic Relationships" 2019-2020

graduate SOCIOLOGY research thesis conducted at the University of Cambridge, department of sociology. supervisor: dr. rikke amundsen

"Clashings of Art, Culture, and Technology in a Digital Anthropological World" 2018

Visual Art, Architectural Designs, and Film

The process and concept behind my projects are the most crucial aspect of my artistic practice.

2023:

2022:

2018 - 2022:

Elizabeth Ulanova Official

Portfolio

Visual Art, Film and Mixed Media

2022:

2021:

2021:

2021:

2020:

Sensory: A Collection of Fluid Acrylics

2018:

Clashings of Art, Culture, and Technology in a Digital Anthropological World

Writings

Exhibitions and Presentations

Exhibitions

Harvard GSD Landscape Architecture Studio Designs

Core I and core 2 studio designs

Presentations and Press

Past Collections

Project Synthesis: A Park to Recover

Project PPE: Protest, Protect, Empower: A Plaza for Protestors,

Project Meta-Marble: A Courtyard to Reflect

Project Street Pool: A Street of Access

Minerals

Human Wifi

Narratus

Patere

Zane

PenPairs: A Meaningful Connection

master's Degree
master in landscape architecture - m.L.A, Dean's merit scholar
2021-2025

•Harvard Innovation Lab - Spark Grant Award, Summer 2023
•Harvard Innovation Lab - Spark Grant Award, Spring 2023

•GSD Independent Study (ADV9201), Supervised by Professor Karen Janosky, Fall 2023
•GSD Independent Study (ADV9201), Supervised by Professor Ed Eigen), Fall 2022, Independent Study Exhibition "Alchemy Between The Past and Magic"
Graduate Teaching Assistant:

artist-in-residence
summer june 2023 - september 2023

community designer for culturehouse & Harvard csfp summer fellow at joint center
SUMMER june 2023 - AUGUST 2023

Startup Founder and I-Lab Venture Member
november 20233 - Present

graduate teaching assistant
fall 2022

master's Degree
master of philosophy - m.phil, sociology of media and culture
2019-2020

BAchelor's Degree
Bachelor of arts - b.a, VisUal arts and film, MaGna Cum Laude

Aug 18 (opening reception) - SEPTEMBER 15 (closing reception)
Solo art residency exhibition 2023
Industry lab, Cambridge Massachusetts

April 26 2023
Landscape Core II Studio FInal Review presentation
Harvard Graduate School of Design Landscape Architecture

Dec 14 2022
Independent Study FInal Review presentation
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Harvard university graduate school of design
Core II Studio